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Single-shot electron bunch profile monitor based on coherent transition radiation imaging

WEPCO01
10 Sept 2025, 16:00
2h
Courtyard, Liverpool Guild of Students

Courtyard, Liverpool Guild of Students

Liverpool Guild of Students, University of Liverpool
Poster Presentation MC05: Longitudinal Diagnostics and Synchronization WEPCO

Speaker

Ana Maria Guisao Betancur (University of Liverpool, Cockcroft Institute)

Description

The development of longitudinal diagnostics for short-pulse electron accelerators is challenging but necessary to provide high-brightness electron bunches. This is equally true in novel plasma accelerators and for free electron lasers. The gold standard for such measurements is the transverse deflecting cavity (TDC); however, these devices are typically invasive and costly to produce and operate. As an alternative, a THz-based reflective imaging system has been designed and installed at the MAX IV short pulse facility (SPF) for imaging coherent transition radiation (CTR) for bunch profile reconstruction. This contribution presents the progress towards applying transfer learning to deep learning models for evaluating the reconstruction of bunch profiles from experimentally acquired CTR images, building on previous successes in profile prediction using simulated data. Practical resolution limits and the next steps in the development of the monitor are also discussed, where the reconstructions of the longitudinal profile will be achieved using single-shot CTR images and benchmarked against the TDC bunch profiles.

Funding Agency

EU’s Horizon Europe research and innovation program no. 101073480 and UKRI guarantee funds, Cockcroft Institute core grant no. STFC ST/V001612/1, STFC AWAKE-UK phase II grant no. ST/X005208/1.

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Author

Ana Maria Guisao Betancur (University of Liverpool, Cockcroft Institute)

Co-authors

Joseph Wolfenden (University of Liverpool, Cockcroft Institute) Erik Mansten (MAX IV Laboratory) Sara Thorin (MAX IV Laboratory) Johan Lundquist (MAX IV Laboratory) Oliver Grimm (MAX IV Laboratory) Carsten Welsch (University of Liverpool, Cockcroft Institute)

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